Esther Cepeda: All-American stories

11:07 PM,
Dec. 7, 2013

Esther Cepeda.

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Esther Cepeda
The Washington Post

It's time again for my annual roundup of great books that are "Diverse but Not About Diversity."

To recap: I'm not a fan of books that are written for and promoted mainly to a certain ethnic or racial group because the works supposedly reflect "them" or "their" experience.

The best storytelling is rooted in the universality of our collective human experiences. If we read not only to understand ourselves but to understand others, why do we need such publishing segregation? ...